Matt Layt and the Close Brothers Formwise Racing Triumph were on track at the last weekend's British Grand Prix, as part of the Silverstone 200 support race. Up against British Superbikes and World Supersport machines, Layt was primarily focused on using the event as a test.

Layt, who currently lies 4th in the British Supersport Cup, was testing some new components on his Triumph machine before getting back into British Championship action next month.

A downpour on the opening lap of Saturday's race caused a delay to the scheduled proceedings. Having allowed the teams and riders to change over to wet tyres, the race was restarted over a shorter race distance of just 9 laps. With the greasy surface making things very difficult for all the riders, Layt kept out of trouble and brought the bike home in 16th.

Eager to make the most of Sunday's dry race, Layt once again focused on improving his lap times. Having made significant developments over the course of the weekend, Layt managed to take more than three seconds out of his qualifying time, set on Saturday. Although, as he was using the softer tyre option, Layt decided to pull in after 10 laps due to tyre wear.

Layt: "We have had a fairly productive weekend here at Silverstone. We brought some new bits with us this weekend, and we really needed this track time to get everything working right before our next British Supersport Cup race."

"It would have been better if there had been some more dry sessions but  we have definitely progressed since Friday. You only have to look at the improvement in the lap times to see how big a step forward we have made."

"We made the decision use the softer tyre on Sunday. Towards the end, the tyre was really struggling so I pulled in. The results weren't our main focus this weekend, so there was no point stopping out there when it was sliding around like that."

Layt and the Close Brothers Formwise team will not be making the trip north of the border to this weekend's Knockhill round, so they will next be in action at Oulton Park on the 6-8th of July.